Free-to-play Fishing training

There are several ways to train Fishing in free-to-play. Depending on the desired goals of the player, they can choose between methods favouring experience rates or profit.

Methods with the highest experience rates[edit | edit source]

Levels 1 - 20 – Raw shrimps and Raw anchovies[edit | edit source]

Requirements				Image
Skills	1 to catch raw shrimps 15 to catch raw anchovies	Quests	None
Tools	Small fishing net	Other	None
Results
Inputs	Outputs	Exp. gained	Profit or cost	Gp/xp	Xp/h
None	None	4,470	0	0	1.5k-3k

Method description[edit | edit source]

To achieve the most optimal experience rates, players would want to drop the caught fish, instead of banking.

Also, net fishing in Draynor Village makes banking fast and easy. Beginners might also want to bank for cooking, eating or selling, making the most of their time.

Level 20-40/99 – Raw trout / Raw salmon[edit | edit source]

Requirements				Image
Skills	20	Quests	None
Tools	Fly fishing rod	Other	None
Results
Inputs	Outputs	Exp. gained	Profit or cost	Gp/xp	Xp/h
~600 x Feather to level 40 ~225,000 x Feather to level 99	None	32,754 to level 40 13,029,961 to level 99	-1,800 to level 40 -675,000 to level 99	-0.05 to level 40 -0.05 to level 99	20k

Method description[edit | edit source]

Fly fish trout at either Barbarian Village or Lumbridge. Once you have reached level 30, you will begin catching salmon and can expect to receive between 25,000 and 50,000 Fishing experience per hour. The best experience rates will be reached using the "powerfishing" method; dropping the caught fish, thus removing the time spent banking and increasing the time spent fishing.

A short trip from Barbarian Village north to the Edgeville bank can be worthwhile when collecting salmon. This reduces xp/hr greatly.

Even past level 40, "powerfishing" raw trout and raw salmon is the best free-to-play method of training Fishing all the way until level 99.

Methods with the highest profit[edit | edit source]

Levels 1 - 40 – Raw shrimps and Raw anchovies[edit | edit source]

Requirements				Image
Skills	1 to catch raw shrimps 15 to catch raw anchovies	Quests	None
Tools	Small fishing net	Other	None
Results
Inputs	Outputs	Exp. gained	Profit or cost	Gp/xp	Xp/h
None	~407x Raw shrimps ~10x Raw anchovies	4,470	11,522	2.58	unknown

Method description[edit | edit source]

Stay at the fishing spot until the inventory has filled up, then go to the nearest bank to drop off the caught fish and return to the fishing spot. For example near Draynor Village or Al Kharid.

Level 40-50 – Raw lobster[edit | edit source]

Requirements				Image
Skills	40	Quests	Pirate's Treasure (recommended)
Tools	Lobster pot	Other	Coins
Results
Inputs	Outputs	Exp. gained	Profit or cost	Gp/xp	Xp/h
~1,680 x Coins	~713x Raw lobster	64,109	101,705	1.59	~14,000

Method description[edit | edit source]

Fish raw lobsters at Musa Point. To bank the caught raw lobsters, use the boat to travel to Port Sarim, costing 30 gp one way. In Port Sarim, walk to the docks with the monks and use the bank deposit to deposit the raw lobsters.

If you have completed both The Corsair Curse and Dragon Slayer I, you can also use the Corsair Cove Resource Area to avoid paying the fare back and forth to use the deposit box.

Level 50-99 – Raw swordfish / Raw tuna[edit | edit source]

Requirements				Image
Skills	50	Quests	None
Tools	Harpoon	Other	None
Results
Inputs	Outputs	Exp. gained	Profit or cost	Gp/xp	Xp/h
~357,000 x Coins	~123,200x Raw tuna ~30,800x Raw swordfish	12,933,098	18,252,839	1.41	~25,000

Method description[edit | edit source]

Players can also choose to drop the raw tuna (59 each), since they are worth a lot less than raw swordfish (369 each). This will reduce the time spent banking, thus increasing the experience per hour rates.

Equipment[edit | edit source]

Depending on the method, Fishing uses one or two types of items; divided into tools and consumables. Consumables are used up at the rate of one item for each fish caught and are stackable, while the equipment is non-stackable and reusable.

Fishing method	Tools	Consumables
Net fishing	Small fishing net	None
Bait fishing	Fishing rod	Fishing bait
Fly fishing	Fly fishing rod	Feather
Lobster pots	Lobster pot	None
Harpooning	Harpoon	None

Fishing table[edit | edit source]

Fish			Fishing		Cooking		Caught with	Heals	GE Price
			Level	Exp	Level	Exp			Raw	Cooked
		Shrimp (cooked)	1	10	1	30	Net	3	26	18
		Sardine (cooked)	5	20	1	40	Bait	4	41	14
		Herring (cooked)	10	30	5	50	Bait	5	114	10
		Anchovies (cooked)	15	40	1	30	Net	1	94	136
		Trout (cooked)	20	50	15	70	Fly	7	59	24
		Pike (cooked)	25	60	20	80	Bait	8	126	26
		Salmon (cooked)	30	70	25	90	Fly	9	91	86
		Tuna (cooked)	35	80	30	100	Harpoon	10	59	91
		Lobster (cooked)	40	90	40	120	Lobster pot	12	145	157
		Swordfish (cooked)	50	100	45	140	Harpoon	14	369	404

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